QS Indian University Rankings

News:The QS Indian University Rankings has been released.

Facts:

About QS University rankings:

• This is the second edition of the standalone rankings for India’s higher education institutions. 
• The rankings include public, private, higher education or deemed universities.

Methodology:The methodology used eight indicators to determine the institutions’ rankings.These were

• academic reputation (weight of 30%), 
• employer reputation (20%)
• faculty-student ratio (20%)
• the proportion of staff with a PhD (10%)
• papers per faculty from Scopus database (10%)
• citations per paper from Scopus database (5%)
• the proportion of international students (2.5%)and 
• the proportion of international faculty (2.5%).

About the Rankings:

• The Indian Institutes of Technology(IITs) dominate the list with seven IITs figuring in the top ten rankings.
• IIT-Bombay was ranked first followed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and IIT-Delhi.
• Further,Delhi University, University of Hyderabad and the Indian Institute of Science are the only other non-IIT institutions in the top ten.